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Menu Planning #121



Our meals need to be nutritious, clean, flexible, quick and cost effective.
Between our work schedules and after school activities, we need to carefully
plan our meals so that we do not end up ordering out.  
What did we spend? 
Week 1: $101.62 - $22.60 = $79.02
Kroger $11.09
Kroger $44.71
Aldi: $45.82
Rebates: $22.60
IBOTTA: $12.10
 Kroger Cash Back $ 9.00
Savingstar $1.50
Week 2 $68.59
Kroger: $51.59 
Speciality Store: $17.00
Rebate: $21.43
IBOTTA: $5.43
Kroger Cash Back $2.00
Kroger Return: $13.00
Savingstar: $0.25
Checkout 51: $0.75
Week 3- $121.36
Meijer: $17.00 (Valentine’s Day Supper) 
Kroger: $38.79
Aldi: $65.57
Giant Eagle: $0.00
Rebate: $15.25
 IBOTTA: $7.75
Kroger Cash: $7.50
Week 4- $77.37
Meijer: $37.11
Giant Eagle:$4.00
Kroger: $36.26
Total: $358.94
Rebate Total: $59.28
Final Total: $299.66
Low Spend Month Challenge:  
I tried hard to limit my spending, but with our schedule it was better just to buy
the easy meals, then eat out all of the time.   We already had to eat out twice
this week because of our Regional Meet. No need to make it more. All in all
not bad, we saved $100.34.  
NOTE: Next week we are going to change our menu posting day to
Mondays. 
Let’s take a look at what we ate this week. 


Breakfast Options: 
Yogurt
Hard boiled eggs
Bagels w/ Cream Cheese
Tuesday- Taco Tuesday
Tacos 
Salad
Chips w/ Salsa
Wednesday
Kielbasa 
Peppers and Onions
Broccoli
Rice
Thursday

Left Overs 
Friday 
Yippee!   We made finals, so I quickly 
picked up some lunch meat and 
made sandwiches to go.   
Sandwiches
Fruit 
Chips 
Saturday 
Yippee!  We made finals again. 
Tonight time was a little tighter, so
we ordered Chinese to go and shared 
1 dinner. 
Kitchen Closed
Sunday

Yippee!  We had a trifecta 
With finals.   Tonight 
was the team Dinner. 
Everyone ordered 1 
Item and we shared it. 
Kitchen Closed
Monday
Carpool failed tonight, so we 
Pull out one of our emergency meals.   
So blessed to have this in the downstairs 
Refrigerator.

Kielbasa 
Peppers and Onions
Broccoli
French Fries


This week’s rough plan
M- See above
T- Baked Chicken w/ Rice
W- Baked Shells
*Th- Chicken Stir Fried Rice
F- Pizza
* Sat- Lo Mein 
Sun- Baked Chicken

* Indicate that the recipe is a new one for our family.    This week we have
been lucky to get recipes from my good friend Heather and one of my
husband’s coworkers.    I can’t wait to try them.

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